Ayanna Pressley Quotes

You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow.

For me, cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place.

I'm just really into going out to eat and restaurants in general.

It's not always possible to sit down and eat at home in this day and age of fast-paced living, but if you are going to eat out, do so as a family and support all the great local places in your areas. I'll still eat at the same diner I did as a kid with my parents.

In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

I'm a big foodie and would love to indulge in such things. I've been to many restaurants in the city, and although I can't eat often, I know what's available where.

In restaurants in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I always ask for a doggie bag to bring the leftovers home.

I got a big Filipino family. That's what I love about being Pinoy: we all gotta surround ourselves with family; we all gotta laugh and do things together. I love it! It's family first.

My restaurants are about community and about sharing and about warmth.

Every city's got a famous rib place or coffeehouse or dessert place.

To know a community is to know its food.

Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area.

You bring people together with food. You connect them and tie the fabric of society together through food.

In my hometown, I know everybody.

I like to try different restaurants in every city.

I love the sense of belonging in Hong Kong. I love that it is such an international city. I love our food and our language. The people are energetic and passionate. I just really love this city.

We live life in restaurants, its the center of social life, where we celebrate with family and friends, make new friends, travel without traveling, and of course, eat.

I'm Hackney born and bred and find it hard to call anywhere else home despite the extreme ongoing gentrification which gets me down.

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

I grew up in a nice neighborhood in Greensboro, N.C., which is not too big, but definitely not a small town.

The Compton I knew was from my mother, and it was beautiful. It was this close-knit community, and people cared about one another, and it was safe.

When you're from the islands, that's that pride.

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

We're communal animals. If we're by ourselves, we can feel wrong and crazy and out of step with society. We really need those talking circles.

There are wonderful people out there but also wonderful people right here.